Joffrey Ballet’s “reality TV” show

A reality TV show is in the works starring members of the Joffrey Ballet.

Point your toes and brace for a new potential blending of high and low art: Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet is working on a reality TV show, called “First Position,” to be a “Project Runway”-like competition.

According to the Chicago Sun Times,

An initial contact by a Joffrey board member led to the Joffrey joining forces with L.A.-based W/O Productions, which developed the idea for the show. According to Conway, the series will zero in on the Joffrey’s trainee program, reportedly the largest such operation run by an American ballet troupe.

There’s nothing confirmed in terms of a series pickup, but the concept is being shopped to the likely cable outlets, Oxygen, A&E, Bravo among them.